hi, I am building the module in a separate directory using the minimal Makefile. bye, saurabh On Tue, 26 Jul 2005, Paul Howarth wrote: > On Mon, 2005-07-25 at 14:19 -0700, Ganeriwal Saurabh wrote: > > I am facing some problem in inseting kernel modules on Fedora 4 > > distribution(2.6.11). I am able to compile the code properly and a X.ko > > file is successfully generated. However, when I call "modprobe X.ko", the > > system just hangs. > > > > I tried debugging the problem and did a ld X.ko, which results in pointing > > out some weird errors: > > > > X.ko(.text+0x10291):include/linux/slab.h: undefined reference to __kmalloc > > linux_module.h: undefined reference to kfree > > linux_module.h: undefined reference to printk > > > > And many more like that. > > > > Why are not these kernel utilies getting linked properly inspite of > > successful compilation? > > > > I would appreciate any help and would also be glad to provide details. > > How are you building the modules? In a separate directory with a minimal > Makefile (as suggested by the release notes), or in a full kernel tree? > > Explain your procedure please. > > Paul, > -- > Paul Howarth <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >
